REL West has new report on state implementation of RTI

The report provides descriptive information on state-level RTI policies and procedures in 9 states (including Nevada).

NCEE report on teacher preparation to work with students with disabilities

A new report from REL Southeast:
"The study examines the extent to which elementary education teacher preparation programs in 36 randomly selected colleges and universities in the six Southeast Region states integrate content related to students with disabilities. Findings show most programs require one disability-focused course, two-thirds incorporate fieldwork related to students with disabilities, and more than half incorporate disability content into their mission statements."

Report links here: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=171&productID=124

Teacher Retention Strategies: An overview from the northeast region REL

This report from the northeast region REL provides a description of the Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region, a searchable database of selected profiles of retention strategies implemented in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. The Compendium is not a complete inventory of teacher retention policies and programs in these states but a sample that offers an overview of the range of interventions that have been implemented. The Compendium includes contact information to policy and program experts, allowing questions to be asked relevant to the decisionmakers’ work and context. A guide to searching the database is appended.

Two new REL reports released

New from REL West -
"Characteristics of California school districts in improvement"
This descriptive analysis provides a statistical profile of California's Title I school districts in program improvement. As an independent analysis of these districts in the aggregate, it is intended to inform the context for district improvement as California rolls out and refines its district intervention strategies.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?id=152

New from REL Central -
"Preparing teachers to teach in rural schools"
The Central Region states have greater percentages of rural students and schools than the U.S. average. This report describes how nine teacher preparation programs in the region prepare their graduates for teaching positions in rural settings.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?id=10

Regional Education Laboratories Program Report on AZ Schools

There's a new report out on the characteristics of Arizona's lowest performing schools--part of a school improvement effort. The research is done under the auspices of the REL West, of which Nevada is a part: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/

Preparing to serve ELL students: IES REL report

Preparing to Serve English Language Learner Students: School Districts with Emerging English Language Learner Communities: "This report aims to help school districts deal with the challenges of newly enrolling or rapidly increasing English language learner students by offering background information and sharing the experiences of districts that have addressed similar challenges in providing services and infrastructure to support the success of English language learner students."